85R6072 BEE-F
 
  By: Neave H.B. No. 4015
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to criminal offenses regarding the consumption or
  possession of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 106.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a minor who reports the
  sexual assault of the minor or another person to:
               (1)  a health care provider treating the victim of the
  sexual assault;
               (2)  an employee of a law enforcement agency, including
  an employee of a campus police department of an institution of
  higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
  enrolled; or
               (3)  the Title IX coordinator of an institution of
  higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
  enrolled or another employee of the institution responsible for
  responding to reports of sexual assault.
         SECTION 2.  Section 106.05, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a minor who reports the
  sexual assault of the minor or another person to:
               (1)  a health care provider treating the victim of the
  sexual assault;
               (2)  an employee of a law enforcement agency, including
  an employee of a campus police department of an institution of
  higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
  enrolled; or
               (3)  the Title IX coordinator of an institution of
  higher education at which the victim of the sexual assault is
  enrolled or another employee of the institution responsible for
  responding to reports of sexual assault.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.